QDIS H1 English Literature & Composition I by Amy Choe https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3 Speech Devices en-us 2021-03-30 07:26:13 UTC 2021-05-23 15:38:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f60e.png Accumulation damosy1 https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367071844 rhetoric device that creates a list or gathers scattered ideas in a way that builds up, emphasizes, or summarizes the main point.

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I’ve been to: Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana, Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana, Monterey, Faraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa, Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa, Tennessee to Tennesse Chicopee, Spirit Lake, Grand Lake, Devils Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete’s sake.]]> 2021-03-30 07:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367071844 Adjunction https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367073825 a word, phrase or clause is placed at the beginning or at the end of a sentence.

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Sings the bird as we walk on by]]> 2021-03-30 07:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367073825 Epiphora (or epistrophe) https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367073931 repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.

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I want pizza, he wants pizza, we all want pizza!  ]]> 2021-03-30 07:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367073931 Metaphor https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367075256 rhetorical figure of speech that compares two subjects without the use of “like” or “as.” Metaphor is often confused with simile, which compares two subjects by connecting them with “like” or “as” (for example: “She’s fit as a fiddle”). 

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The boy was a rabbit among old foxes. He was innocent and could not lie, but the old men were gamblers and clever flirts.]]> 2021-03-30 07:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367075256 Hyperbole https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367075648 extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis   

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He's running faster than the wind.  ]]> 2021-03-30 07:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367075648 Hypophora https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367076843 when a writer raises a question, and then immediately provides an answer to that question. 

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Thirty-one cakes, dampened with whiskey, bask on window sills and shelves. Who are they for?
Friends. Not necessarily neighbor friends: indeed, the larger share is intended for persons we’ve met maybe once, perhaps not at all.]]> 2021-03-30 07:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367076843 Climax https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367077585 occurs when there is a turning point from which there is no going back. The climax is the point of highest tension in a narrative.

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When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world. (Barack Obama)]]> 2021-03-30 07:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367077585 Irony https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367077771 the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of what is actually said   

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His argument was as clear as mud.  ]]> 2021-03-30 07:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367077771 Litotes https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367078574 featuring a phrase that utilizes negative wording or terms to express a positive assertion or statement.
 
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He is hardly unattractive.
My car was not cheap. ]]> 2021-03-30 07:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367078574 Adnomination https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367079186 a repetition of root words 

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He is nobody from nowhere and he knows nothing]]> 2021-03-30 07:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367079186 Metonymy https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367079402 a figure of speech in which something is called by a new name that is related in meaning to the original thing or concept. For example, it’s common practice to refer to celebrity life and culture in the United States as “Hollywood,” as in “Hollywood is obsessed with this new diet.” The meaning of this statement is not that the place itself has any obsession, of course, but instead refers to the celebrities and wannabe celebrities who reside there. 

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"the big house" = prison.
 
"the suits" = businessperson

"the crown" = a royal person. 
]]> 2021-03-30 07:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367079402 Cataphora https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367080261 a pronoun or pro-verb used initially in a sentence refers to an expression or subject which is used afterward
 
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When he arrived home, John went to sleep

]]> 2021-03-30 07:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367080261 Alliteration https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367082569 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers]]> 2021-03-30 07:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367082569 Ellipsis https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367083254 is the omission of a word or series of words, an appropriate omission of words that are mutually understood and thus unnecessary.

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 “'Ah, well, he’s gone to a better world.'
 Eliza sighed again and bowed her head in assent. My aunt fingered the stem of her wine-glass before sipping a little.
 'Did he…peacefully?' she asked."

]]> 2021-03-30 07:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367083254 Chiasmus https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367083426 is a figure of speech in which the grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase.

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She has all my love; my heart belongs to her]]> 2021-03-30 07:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367083426 Onomatopoeia https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367083439 refers to a word that phonetically mimics or resembles the sound of the thing it describes. For example, the words we use to describe the noises that animals make are all onomatopoetic, such as a dog’s “bark,” a cat’s “meow,” or a coo’s “moo.”

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Machine noises—honk, beep, vroom, clang, zap, boing
 
Animal names—cuckoo, whip-poor-will, whooping crane, chickadee
 
Impact sounds—boom, crash, whack, thump, bang
]]> 2021-03-30 07:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367083439 Allusion https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367084458 an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

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My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree toward heaven still. (path toward death)]]> 2021-03-30 07:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367084458 Assonance https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367084878 repetition of identical or similar vowel sound in a series of words

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Clap your hands and stamp your feet]]> 2021-03-30 07:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367084878 Euphemism https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367088858 a polite or mild word or expression used to refer to something embarrassing, taboo, or unpleasant. Euphemisms are especially common in reference to bodily functions and illegal behavior, and to substitute for curse words.

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"You know the truth, and the truth is this: ...There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing, and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire."]]> 2021-03-30 07:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367088858 Apostrophe https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367089226 a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhumans is addressed as if it were alive and present and was able to reply

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"Ah Mr.Einstein , you would be pleased to see how far we have progressed in science"]]> 2021-03-30 07:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367089226 Oxymoron https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367089699 a figure of speech in which two seemingly opposing and contradictory elements are juxtaposed. In literature, this device often reveals a paradox.

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"controlled chaos"
"kill with kindness"
]]> 2021-03-30 07:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367089699 Epigram https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367090765 a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement. 

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"Little strokes/Fell great oaks." - Benjamin Franklin ]]> 2021-03-30 07:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367090765 Parallelism https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367093661 is the usage of repeating words and forms to give pattern and  to a passage in literature. Parallelism often either juxtaposes contrasting images or ideas so as to show their stark difference, or joins similar concepts to show their connection.

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What you see is what you get.

If you can’t beat them, join them.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

]]> 2021-03-30 07:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367093661 Dysphemism https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367094063 is an expression with connotations that are derogatory either about the subject matter or to the audience. Dysphemisms contrast with neutral or euphemistic expressions.

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“Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not…” ]]> 2021-03-30 07:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367094063 Parenthesis https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367097077 is an amplifying or explanatory word, phrase, or sentence inserted in a passage from which it is usually set off by punctuation

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My family is getting a new dog from the shelter (we are going to name him Barney).


]]> 2021-03-30 07:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367097077 Personification https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367103143 is the projection of characteristics that normally belong only to humans onto inanimate objects, animals, deities, or forces of nature. These characteristics can include verbs of actions that only humans do or adjectives that describe a human condition. 

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The sun is smiling.

]]> 2021-03-30 07:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367103143 Puns https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367105214 a kind of wordplay that takes advantage of words having the same sound but having more than one meaning at the same time. 
 
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Would you agree that geometry is pointless? (Get it? In geometry, points are important) 
]]> 2021-03-30 07:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367105214 Point of View (POV) https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367105714 1st Person
This point of view uses the “I” pronoun to tell a story. The "I" narrator is usually the protagonist of the story, and this point of view allows the reader access to the character’s inner thoughts and reactions to the events occurring. All of the action is processed through the narrator’s perspective, and therefore this type of narrator may be unreliable. The choice to write from an unreliable first person point of view gives the reader a chance to figure out what is reality and what is a creation on the part of the narrator.

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I go to the mall on Sundays. I like to check out the latest fashions, especially the sneakers.

2nd Person
This point of view is narration a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you.

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You go to the mall on Sundays. You like to check out the latest fashions, especially the sneakers.

3rd Person
Third-person narration can be further classified into several types: omniscient, limited, and objective. This is the typical POV used in novels.

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Frank goes to the mall on Sundays. He likes to check out the latest fashions, especially the sneakers.]]> 2021-03-30 07:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367105714 Repetition https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367109061 is when words or phrases are repeated in a literary work.

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Oh, woeful, woeful, woeful, woeful day!]]> 2021-03-30 07:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367109061 Rhetorical Question https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367109585 is a question that is asked without expecting an answer

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What is the meaning of life? The meaning of life is different for everybody. There is no one answer.]]> 2021-03-30 07:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367109585 Merism https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367110242 a figure of speech in which something is referred to by a conventional or socially popular phrase that points out some of its traits.

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She bought the whole thing, lock, stock, and barrel!” (the last few words refer to parts of a store, so if a person buys something lock, stock, and barrel--they bought the whole store or every single part of something that has multiple pieces.) This example also happens to be a hyperbole!

]]> 2021-03-30 07:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367110242 Metalepsis https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367110788 a figure of speech in which a word or phrase makes indirect reference to another figure of speech.

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“As he swung toward them holding up the hand
Half in appeal, but half as if to keep
The life from spilling…”
(The life from spilling = the spilling of blood. Too much loss of blood shows loss of human life)

]]> 2021-03-30 07:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367110788 Simile https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367112399 a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using the words 'like' and 'as...as', used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

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My uncle is as blind as a bat without his spectacles.]]> 2021-03-30 07:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367112399 Paradox https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367450355 a statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense. This literary device is commonly used to engage a reader to discover an underlying logic in a seemingly self-contradictory statement or phrase. As a result, paradox allows readers to understand concepts in a different and even non-traditional way.

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do the thing you think you cannot do

you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t

the enemy of my enemy is my friend]]> 2021-03-30 10:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1367450355 Anaphora https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375547434  
a rhetorical device that features repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses. 

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“Go big or go home.”
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]]> 2021-04-01 14:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375547434 Antanaclasis https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375552633 a rhetorical device in which a phrase or word is repeatedly used, though the meaning of the word changes in each case.

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“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”]]> 2021-04-01 14:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375552633 antithesis https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375554976 a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

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Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
Man proposes, God disposes.]]> 2021-04-01 14:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375554976 Anticlimax https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375557475 a rhetorical or literary device used in literature or speaking to convey a disappointing situation.
 
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 “In a moment, the whole company was on their feet. That somebody was assassinated by somebody vindicating a difference of opinion was the likeliest occurrence. Everybody looked to see somebody fall, but only saw a man and a woman standing staring at each other…”
]]> 2021-04-01 14:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375557475 Antiphrasis https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375559018  a rhetorical device of saying the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that it is obvious what the true intention is.

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Take your time, we've got all day
 
]]> 2021-04-01 14:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1375559018 Syllepsis damosy1 https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389741773 a figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses or to two others of which it grammatically suits only one

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caught the train and a bad cold
neither they nor it is working]]> 2021-04-07 02:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389741773 Synecdoche damosy1 https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389752566 a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

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Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”).]]> 2021-04-07 02:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389752566 Tautology damosy1 https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389755228 the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style

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they arrived one after the other in succession]]> 2021-04-07 02:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389755228 Understatement damosy1 https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389759200 the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

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You: I crashed my car into a tree yesterday.
Friend: The bumper came off and it's completely crushed in front!
You: It's just a scratch.]]> 2021-04-07 02:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389759200 Zeugma damosy1 https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389765727 a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or to two others of which it semantically suits only one

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John and his license expired last week
with weeping eyes and hearts]]> 2021-04-07 02:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1389765727 Hayoung Lee woopunch https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1546911348 2021-05-21 07:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/damosy1/bl06pk6fofjrnfo3/wish/1546911348